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As we reflect on a landmark year in water planning and prepare for
potentially groundbreaking water management legislation in 2012, we
need a clear execution strategy to maintain our current momentum and
implement initiatives arising from the 2012 Update of the Oklahoma
Comprehensive Water Plan, approved last October. With this in
mind, the OCWP’s priority and supporting recommendations include
specific implementation plans, where applicable, that not only provide
assurances that citizens have access to safe and reliable water supplies
in the future, but also should help minimize water rights conflicts and
related disagreements over water use and protection.
4th Quarter 2011
Annual Report of OWRB
Activities for 2011
OCWP Update
Water Use Permitting
Hydrologic Studies
Floodplain Management
Well Driller Program
Water Quality
Phosphorus Standard
Financial Assistance
Legal Developments
2011 Water Conference
Drought Update
(continued on page 2)
(continued on page 2)
Annual Report of OWRB Activities for 2011
2012 Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan
During the final year of development of the 2012
Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water
Plan, the most ambitious water planning effort ever
undertaken by the state, the OWRB and its planning
partners continued to solicit important input from
stakeholders, citizens and others with a vested interest
in the future of Oklahoma’s water resources. Beginning
in April, the OWRB initiated a final round of regional
feedback and implementation meetings to gather
comments and suggestions on the draft Water Plan and
its various components. Open to the general public, each
meeting included a unique session allowing public water
supply providers to verify local infrastructure data and
related water supply and demand information collected over
four years of OCWP analyses. A second session provided citizens and other stakeholders with
an opportunity to contribute comments on draft water policy recommendations, including
implementation strategies.
Throughout 2011, OWRB staff and partners assembled a wealth of OCWP technical data and
information into 13 Watershed Planning Region Reports. The reports include water supply/
demand assessments, future supply challenges, and potential options to secure water for
planning basins and regions through the next 50 years and beyond. Considerable attention
was given to creating both sensible and functional planning documents, which will serve
as indispensable technical resources for water providers, policy makers, and water users in
making informed decisions concerning future local and regional water use and management.
Following a public review and comment period, each report was modified, corrected, and
refined prior to final collective approval of all 13 reports by OWRB members in October.
OWRB members dedicated four monthly meetings to detailed review and discussion of
OCWP Water Policy Recommendations—the cornerstone policy product of the OCWP

As we reflect on a landmark year in water planning and prepare for
potentially groundbreaking water management legislation in 2012, we
need a clear execution strategy to maintain our current momentum and
implement initiatives arising from the 2012 Update of the Oklahoma
Comprehensive Water Plan, approved last October. With this in
mind, the OCWP’s priority and supporting recommendations include
specific implementation plans, where applicable, that not only provide
assurances that citizens have access to safe and reliable water supplies
in the future, but also should help minimize water rights conflicts and
related disagreements over water use and protection.
4th Quarter 2011
Annual Report of OWRB
Activities for 2011
OCWP Update
Water Use Permitting
Hydrologic Studies
Floodplain Management
Well Driller Program
Water Quality
Phosphorus Standard
Financial Assistance
Legal Developments
2011 Water Conference
Drought Update
(continued on page 2)
(continued on page 2)
Annual Report of OWRB Activities for 2011
2012 Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan
During the final year of development of the 2012
Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water
Plan, the most ambitious water planning effort ever
undertaken by the state, the OWRB and its planning
partners continued to solicit important input from
stakeholders, citizens and others with a vested interest
in the future of Oklahoma’s water resources. Beginning
in April, the OWRB initiated a final round of regional
feedback and implementation meetings to gather
comments and suggestions on the draft Water Plan and
its various components. Open to the general public, each
meeting included a unique session allowing public water
supply providers to verify local infrastructure data and
related water supply and demand information collected over
four years of OCWP analyses. A second session provided citizens and other stakeholders with
an opportunity to contribute comments on draft water policy recommendations, including
implementation strategies.
Throughout 2011, OWRB staff and partners assembled a wealth of OCWP technical data and
information into 13 Watershed Planning Region Reports. The reports include water supply/
demand assessments, future supply challenges, and potential options to secure water for
planning basins and regions through the next 50 years and beyond. Considerable attention
was given to creating both sensible and functional planning documents, which will serve
as indispensable technical resources for water providers, policy makers, and water users in
making informed decisions concerning future local and regional water use and management.
Following a public review and comment period, each report was modified, corrected, and
refined prior to final collective approval of all 13 reports by OWRB members in October.
OWRB members dedicated four monthly meetings to detailed review and discussion of
OCWP Water Policy Recommendations—the cornerstone policy product of the OCWP